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+#!/bin/bash
+
+print_help() {
+	echo "Usage: $0 [options] [Min] Max"
+	echo -e "\nOptions:"
+	echo " -h, --help	print a brief description of this program and give this help list"
+}
+
+get_randint() {
+	if [ -z $2 ]; then
+		local min=1
+		local max=$1
+	else
+		local min=$1
+		local max=$2
+	fi
+	echo $(( $RANDOM % $(( $max - $min + 1 )) + $min ))
+}
+
+if [ -z $1 ] ; then
+	# No arguments passed
+	echo "Error: missing Max boundary"
+	print_help
+	exit
+fi
+
+case $1 in
+	-h | --help)
+		echo "randint.sh is a bash script that can generate a random integer between 1 (or a given Min boundary) and a given Max boundary"
+		print_help
+		exit
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		get_randint $1 $2
+		;;
+esac
+